WASHINGTON - Seven Canadians have been arrested for extradition to the United States in relation to a drug trafficking probe involving Ryan Wedding, a former Team Canada Olympian-turned-fugitive.

"Our work is not done. Fugitive Ryan Wedding remains one of the top threats to Canadian public safety," said RCMP Commissioner Michael Duheme at the U.S. Justice Department in Washington Wednesday.

Duheme joined U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and other American officials to announce the charges and the ongoing efforts to take Wedding into custody.

Duheme said Canadians in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta were taken into custody this week. One of the Canadians arrested was a lawyer, who U.S officials alleged provided illicit advice to Wedding.

U.S. indictments for Wedding's

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